King James Version

Psalms 77:4

Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 77:5.

אָ֭חַזְתָּachaztaholdאָחַזverb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “hold”, a completed actionH270to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)[phrase] be affrighted, bar, (catch, lay, take) hold (back), come upon, fasten, handle, portion, (get, have or take) possess(-ion).שְׁמֻר֣וֹתshemurotwakingשְׁמֻרָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “waking”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8109something guarded, i.e. an eye-lidwaking.עֵינָ֑יeynayeye , , -sightעַיִןnoun, common, both genders, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “eye , , -sight”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him…נִ֝פְעַ֗מְתִּיnifamtimoveפָּעַםverb, niphal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “move”, a completed actionH6470to tap, i.e. beat regularly; hence (generally) to impel or agitatemove, trouble.וְלֹ֣אveloand no , -r,לֹאconjunction, particle, negative — “and no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…אֲדַבֵּֽרadaberspeakדָבַרverb, piel, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “speak”, an unfinished actionH1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdueanswer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(77-5) Thou holdest fast the lids of mine eyes; I am troubled, and cannot speak.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Thou holdest mine eyes watching: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

Young’s Literal Translation

Thou hast taken hold of the watches of mine eyes, I have been moved, and I speak not.

World English Bible

You hold my eyelids open. I am so troubled that I can’t speak.

Darby Translation

Thou holdest open mine eyelids; I am full of disquiet and cannot speak.

Douay-Rheims

They have not been hidden from their children, in another generation. Declaring the praises of the Lord, and his powers, and his wonders which he hath done.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(77-5) Thou holdest fast the lids of mine eyes; I am troubled, and cannot speak.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

All mine enemies set a watch against me : I was troubled, and spoke not.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Προκατελάβοντο φυλακὰς πάντες οἱ ἐχθροί μου, ἐταράχθην καὶ οὐκ ἐλάλησα.